Christmas, I Choose You!

Okay, so first things first, I understand I've been gone for all of December, but soon you'll see why. As part of the whole Christmas present giving scheme, I decided to make my best friend her present, mostly because I thought it would be nice, but also because I am pretty skint.
Now, said friend is a huge fan of pokemon, so I decided to make something themed along that. When asked, her favorites are either Umbreon, Suicune, or Celebi. I wasn't sure what media to use, but after a short summary of my talents, and the discovery of wonderful craft style called amigurumi, I remembered that once I had been a dab hand at crochet.
I found a pattern for an Umbreon by Wolfdreamer that was simple and easy to follow- you can find it here (http://wolfdreamer-oth.blogspot.co.uk/2010/08/umbreon-plushie.html)- and, whilst it took a few times to get the hand of magic circles, and the crochet jargon, at the end of it I had a decent little plushie to give to my friend.
Needless to say, she loved it, and I was quiet pleased with myself.

Around midway through, having done all but three legs, an ear and a tail.

Finished product!

And yes, he's sat on my keyboard stool.

Looks a bit drunk here, but oh well. 

Signing off!

Late Night Posts are the Best

Well, hello there Internet! It's late at night for me, and I want to be in bed, but I felt it was necessary to post something online, since it's been a while. I'm working on a secret project right now, and I can't share it with you lot just yet, but I'll post it on here eventually.
For now, little crow-monsters, be appeased by this concept are for Skeleton Key, a character of mine with a few unusual features. This is a late night post, so it's a rough work. Nothing fancy, but I like the colour scheme, and the clothing, which I've never been able to get right before.
The emblem on her skirt, which may give something away, given her hands, is the symbol for Hades, or Hell.
I've never decided on hair for her before, but the mix of casual and professional that the ponytail offers struck me as the right fit for my fighting girl, who also has a mission that must be completed at all cost.

Here's the introduction, scripted, for the animation I'm doing for her. This is a draft as well:

It is said that somewhere in the Middle Worlds, there lies a clock, and the closer the clock gets to midnight, the closer the world comes to being plunged into chaos. I suppose, by way of introduction, I could say I am defined by when the clock struck twelve. 

That's all for now, see you soon with Sketchbook posts!

Signing off, 

A Chibi A Day...{Part Six}

Yay! Long awaited, and probably not as good as all this time means it should be, here is my final Seeker Within Chibi! *fireworks, party poppers etc* No amulet for this one, simply because I don't know what any of her amulets look like, despite having created them myself. Because, if you remember, this is the first ORIGINAL character, not just gender-bended!
Without giving too much away, her name is Kala M Ravenwood, and her chibi is a cat. Just like Ravenclaw's image is an eagle. Makes no sense, but yep, she is definitely catty. Expect to see her joining in before the send of the season one chapters, and featuring heavily in a plot revamp for season two!
Really, since she's original, that's all I can say without giving the game away, I'm afraid.
Sorry for the delay. I've been doing this thing called the Challenge, where you help your community and basically do a mini DoE.
We're running a campaign called PASSITON in Burnley at the moment, to raise cultural awareness. Try following on Twitter @PASSITON483. I think we even have a Facebook page too!
Back to school this week, too, sixth form now oooh get me! Can you tell I'm pleased with myself? No, well maybe you're deaf then, because my horn will not stop blowing.
And that sounded wrong, so I am going to bed.

Signing off!

A Chibi A Day...{Part Three- Reloaded!}

So, you're probably wondering what Part 3 of my little Chibi Saga is doing up here instead of the long, long, LONG awaited Part 6. Allow me to shed some light on the situation. Recent comments about the Den chibi have been less than positive. His style apparently does not match that of the other chibis- a point I have to concede, having never draw a rat before, it was hard- and the lack of defining features as a Den rat rather than just A rat were picked up on.
This is my whole-hearted, and late night, attempt to remedy that.

There are a few differences between this Den and the original.
Firstly, the eyes in this Den-rat have been adjusted to better resemble the other chibis, with white spaces, a black pupil and varied shades that were missing in the original.
Secondly, the shades of his fur have been adjusted, and darkened, whilst shadows have been added to the fur spikes.
Thirdly, Den's Blood Spiral Mark- which is quite pivotal in the story of Huntik Season 2- has been added, partially, to Den-rat's back.
Fourthly, and finally, an amulet has been tucked under Den-rat's arm. Simply because I am in love with the amulet designs in Huntik. This particular addition is Cursed Archer, who has such a lovely simple amulet, in comparison to say, Caliban and Sabriel.

And that's it, really. Sorry to disappoint any who were looking for the last Chibi of the series, which is still in development. OCs are hard- there's nothing to base your work on, and I have to design an amulet for the chibi to have with it. That's hard work, ladies and gentlemen, believe me.

Signing off 

A Chibi A Day...{Part Five}

Alrighty! It's finally done! I know it is LONG overdue, but hopefully it will be worth it.
Kitsuni-chan seems to be in hiding at the moment, so let's see if this can't coax her back onto the internet, shall we?
 It was hard work, I am telling you, most due to design changes, and puzzles over scales. I've never done scales before- fur is often hard enough for me to try and capture, and I wasn't sure if I should draw individual scales or just leave it smooth.
At first this was going to be a dragon that was more oriental design, and then it was going to be anthropomorphic (which looked creepy *shudder*) and then it was going to be what I know as 'African Wyvren' which only has two legs, and the arms become the wings, rather like a bat.
Finally, I settled on this dragon style, but four legs and separate wings.
A cute addition is the little amulet- no points for guessing, yes it is a Sabriel. And his expression is adorable. What can I say.
If you haven't already guessed, this day/week/month's chibi is William Casterwill, the aloof noble with family history! He's one of the three original characters in the Seeker Within- well, if gender-bending counts as original, but nevermind- the others being Loki and my next Chibi (who is ORIGINAL original!)
And that's all for now. But I will start on the next one soon, promise promise promise, okay?

Signing off

A Chibi A Day...{Part Four}

Firstly, apologies that this chibi is late, but when you see it, I think you will see why. I got back from visiting family on Monday and have been working steadfast since Tuesday to complete this one.
I fear the other two chibis will take just as long, since the complexity has increased since Loki and Zhalia, and Den. I mean, take this one, for example- each section had four shades- that's light, medium, dark and shadow- whereas on Loki there were only two for each section- colour and shadow.
You see how that adds up, right? Since this chibi had seven sections-eyes, head, mane, tail, bangles, tawny and pale-not including the whole other colour scheme for the Caliban amulet dangling from the tail bangles!
So, yes, alot of work, but also, extremely gratifying to see it completed.
And so, without further ado, here is your chibi for the day- Dante Vale.
In the Seeker Within, Dante is often compared to a lion, just like Loki is to a fox, and Zhalia to a wolf. So here he is, in lion form. Another hard eye colour one. He is golden eyed, but in actual fact his eyes are brown with a spot of gold that gives the impression of golden eyes. I had to change that around for the effect to work on large lion eyes.

And that's it, so, signing off (sorry again it was late)